From a world shaped like a giant donut to a planet with the sharp edges of a perfect cube, changing the shape of Earth would ...

In a breakthrough for exoplanet science, astronomers have discovered three Earth-sized planets orbiting both stars in a ...

Researchers use lipid biomarkers to uncover how organisms survive in extreme ecosystems. A surprising variety of life exists ...

Surface and interior. Tallest mountain : Olympus Mons ; Coldest volcanoes : cryovolcanoes ; A truly "grand" canyon : Valles Marineris ; Movers and shakers : plate tectonics ; Ooh! That'll leave a mark ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Southern California is home to some of the most extreme landscapes on the planet--none more so than Death Valley where, in 1913, the temperatures ...

When high-velocity asteroids land on Earth, they can form a meteor impact crater. Such collisions have occurred throughout Earth's history and still occur on other planetary bodies today. While most ...

WASHINGTON — An extreme solar flare is blasting its way to Earth and could mess up some power grids, satellites and radio transmissions, scientists say. It’s been several years since Earth has had a ...

What impacts can severe droughts have on local ecosystems? This is what a recent study published in Science hopes to address as an international team of almost 200 researchers investigated how drought ...

Advancements in technology are allowing researchers to determine the extent to which climate change contributed to some ...

Google has brought a new Earth AI platform to Google Cloud, offering Trusted Testers access to Earth AI Imagery, Population, and Environment models. Organizations will have the option to use their own ...